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(NoMoaeL) i` n CQHSMITH@ .TYPE ALIGN'ER FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES. No! 326,062. f lantentzefl` Septp, 1885.`

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,062, dated September 8, 1885. Application tiled Muy 1, 18.84. (No model.)

To all whom, it' mag/concern,.-

Be it known that I, CLEMENT SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Aligners for Type-Writing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theV invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac- 4 companying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to type-aligners for writing-machines; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set fort-h, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A designates the frame, which, in the construe tion illustrated, consists of two parallel guidebars, B B, carrying the adjustable transverse head G, having the downwardly and outward` ly turned arms D, and also carrying the adj ustable upwardly and outwardly turned arm E.

The arm E, on the horizontal portions of the bars B, is designed, when the aligner is adjusted in position, to press against the rod to which the carriage is attached, or against some other suitable portion of the machine. Set-screws g g are inserted in threaded bearings in the arm E, and serve to hold said arm to its position after adjustment by pressing against the bars B B. The arm E can be adjusted forward or backward readily upon the barsB B, so that it is easily fitted to the machine.

The head G rests by its arms D D on the index-bridge or other available part of the tppe-writing machine. It is provided with bearings h h, through which the vertical por tions la 7s of the bars B B pass, and it is adjustable up and down 011 bars. Setscrews Z are inserted in threaded bearings of the head G, and serve to fix the position ot' the guide bars or wires B B when adjusted to the proper height on the machine.

The indeX-bridge of the machine should be provided with small lugs capable of being 4attached thereto, and serving as a guide to fix the position of the arms of the piece G to prevent the aligner from moving sidewise.

The slide L is an adjustable horizontal plate having bearings m, through which the wire PATENT OFFICE. l l

guides or bars B pass. This plate is adjustable on the bars B, and is designed to afford a guide to set or align the type of the machine. To this end the plate is provided with an opening, m', within the margin of which extend arms or points o and z, the' former serving .to align the top of the letter and the latter its base. In the illustration the back of a piece of wire bent in the form of the letter C forms the upper guide, o, and the ends thereof the lower guide, z. Another form,showing these guides differently arranged, is illustrated 1n Fi 4.

llt will be observed that the employment of the guides extending within the opening m ot' theV plate L is to provide not only a sufficient guide for the alignment of the type, but also a stop to engage the face of the type and prevent the same from rising through the opening. In this manner the type are all brought toan ascertained position, so that there will be no Avariation thereof either in the horizontal plane or vertically after adjustment. .i

The form of the aligner-frame may be varied to suit the shape of the machine to which itis to be applied. The form illustrated is adapted to the so-called caligraph7 writing-machine.

This aligner is capable of being instantly connected to or detached from the machine. The guides B are held between the head G and the arm -E by bracing the same against the abutments of the machine.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

l. A type-aligner for type-writing machines, having adjustable arms braced against abutments of the machine to hold said aligner in position, substantially as specied,

2. A type aligner consisting of parallel guidewires or bars B, an upwardly and outwardiy turned arm on the horizontal portions IOO nig-aims fitted to and adjustable on' the indexbrdge of a type-Writing machine to ascertain the position of said type-aligner, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENT SMITH.

Witnesses:

L. A. SMITH, E. W. SHELDEN. 

